Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . erected in 1824 by the Pilgrim Society as a monu-mental hall to the memory of the Pilgrims. In 18S0it was rebuilt in a fireproof manner, at a cost of over$15,000, by Joseph Henry Stickney, Esq., a wealthyBaltimore merchant of Boston nativity, who on acasual visit to Plymouth became so impressed withthe importance of preserving with the greatest carethe interesting relics of the Pilgrims there deposited,that he most liberally made this large expenditure tosecure these precious memorials from loss by PILGRIM HALL. At the same
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . erected in 1824 by the Pilgrim Society as a monu-mental hall to the memory of the Pilgrims. In 18S0it was rebuilt in a fireproof manner, at a cost of over$15,000, by Joseph Henry Stickney, Esq., a wealthyBaltimore merchant of Boston nativity, who on acasual visit to Plymouth became so impressed withthe importance of preserving with the greatest carethe interesting relics of the Pilgrims there deposited,that he most liberally made this large expenditure tosecure these precious memorials from loss by PILGRIM HALL. At the same time he provided for better classificationand exhibition of the articles, those immediately con-nected with the Pilgrims being disposed, mostly inglass cases, in the main hall, while an interestingmuseum of antique curiosities is arranged in theroom below. Exteriorly, marked improvement wasmade by raising the Doric porch to the height of themain building, ornamenting the pediment with a hnely 13 executed allegorical Landing, in demi-relief, andrepainting and sanding the Wiiole front in imitationof stone, (^uite a change was made in the front areaby the removal of tiie portion of Plymouth Rock,which for forty-six years had been a prominent objecthere, back to the The iron fenceformerly surrounding the Rock now stands at thenortherly side of the building, enclosing an appropri-ate slab bearing as an inscription the wording of thememorable Compact made in the cabin of the Mayflower, and the names of the forty-one signersof this compact appear on
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